Lindsay Clancy

Prosecutors say that Lindsay Clancy never mentioned ever hearing voices, until just days ago when she called her husband from her hospital room. “She killed the kids because she heard a voice and had, quote, ‘a moment of psychosis,’” Assistant District Attorney Jennifer Sprague of Plymouth County said of the phone call at Clancy’s arraignment. Prosecutors also say Clancy...

As all eyes remain on the case of a mother accused of killing her children in Duxbury, Massachusetts, questions are being raised about whether or not someone’s mental health can be a legal excuse for criminal behavior. During her arraignment on Tuesday, both sides agreed Lindsay Clancy was dealing with mental health issues leading up to the killings. She...

[Editor’s note: Some readers may find the information in the story below disturbing.] During a lengthy and graphic arraignment on Tuesday, prosecutors said that Lindsay Clancy planned the murders of her children, while her defense attorney chalked the tragedy up to overmedication and mental illness. The 32-year-old Duxbury, Massachusetts, mother faced a judge for the first time during the arraignment,...